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Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1887-01-20


WV ANTED-AN INTELLIGENT, EARNEST
w man to represent, in his own locality, n
large responsible house. A remuneratiye sal.
airy to right party. Steady position Refer
ences exchanged. AMERICAN MANUFACTURING
House. II Barclay street, N. Y.
TITANTED-LADY, ACTIVE AND INTELLI-
w gent to represent, in her own locality, an
old firm. References required. Permanent
position and good salary. Il. j. Johnson Man
ager, 10 Barclay street, N Y
w ANTED-GOOD INSURANCE SOLICITOR
w at once. Address Box 256, Salt Lake City.
MISCELLANEOUS.
NOR SALE-A CALIGRAPH. NO. 2. HAS
L been in use but few months, and is as
good as new. viii sell cheap for cash. Address
Cal. care DEMOCRAT office.
XXTANTED-A NICELY FURNISHED ROOM
w with board by a gentleman and wife with
out family. quiet locality near the business
portion OF town desirable, Address for few
days X. H., care this office.
NEW MICH COWS CONSTANTLY ON
n hand and for sale. Inquire Of f. II. Par
sons, or at Pratt & Beebe's
SPAN OF MARES, TO WEIGH ABOUT 900
- pounds; must be cheap A. X. DUKE, 235
Fifth East street. -.
NEW CABINET GRAND PIANO. IN
n quire at Rivers Bros.
BOARD AND LODGING, "a PER WEEK;
ID pleasant locality. go Z; First North street:
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Curious HystericaI Epidemic.


 A curious outbreak of convulsionist ma mia, analogous to those which occurred from time to time during the middle ages, has shown itself at Agoste, in the province of Rome.
 For some weeks past the country people have been laboring under the delusion that the district is under the immediate govern ment of the evil one, and before retiring to rest they carefully place on the threshold the broom and the salt, which are credited with the power of keeping off evil spirits. Many of the younger women have epileptiform at- tacks, during which they utter piercing shrieks and are violently convu1sed. So se- rious has the condition of things become that the syndic of Agosta found it necessary to inform the prefect, who sent attachments of soldiers into the district in order to calm the apprehension of the inhabitants. AS natural consequence of this condition of mental perturbation the country is over- run with quacks, who claim to possess the only infallible remedy for the seizures. One of these nostrums, the vender of which was making 8 rich harvest from it's sale, was found on analysis to consist of earth, snuff and borax. Three medical men who were commissioned to investigate the cause and | nature of this extraordinary affection came | to the conclusion that it was an epidemic Of I hysteria.
 l They examined number of the sufferers, ] mostly young women, some of whom were 1 alleged to have vomited nails, horseshoes and | other equally indigestible substances, while | others parked like dogs. Several of them were removed to Rome for treatment in the hospitals there, and measures have besn taken to check the spread of the mischief. In milder degree this contagious form oi
Morning journal and courier., 1887-08-12
How Indians Poison Their Arrows.

ltrom the Omaha Republican.
 I explained to him what wished to know, and, without the slightest hesitation, he said to the venerable arrow maker:
 "Tell my brother all about the poisoned arrows"
 "Well," said the old man, first we take a bloated yellow rattlesnake in August, when he is most poisonous and tie him with 8 forked stick to snake; then we tease him until he is in great rage. This is done by passing switch over his body from his head to his tail. When he threshes the ground with his body and his eyes grow bright and sparkle like diamonds we kill deer, ante 1ope or some other small animal, and tearing out the liver, throw it to the snake while it is warm and the blood is still coursing through it. The reptile will strike it again and again, and pretty soon it will turn black. When he tires the snake is leased again, and he is induced to sink his fangs into the soft flesh until all the poison has been extracted from him and the liver is reeking with it. He is then killed and the liver lifted with sharp pole, for so dangerous is it no one dares to touch it. The liver is let lie for about an hour, when it will be jet black and emit sour smell Arrows are then brought and their iron heads pushed into the liver up to the shaft They are left sticking there for about an hour and half, when they are withdrawn and dried in the sun. A thin, glistening yellow scum adheres to the arrow. and if it so much as touches raw flesh it is certain to poison it to death."
 I asked if Indians still used poisoned ar- rows. "No," he replied, "no man, Indian or white man, for years past has been shot with these arrows, and they are no longer mada D
Morning journal and courier., 1887-08-12
S VJ HTS.

The ballet girls have brought suits against the National Opera company. Certainly the ballet girls ought to have suits.-Lowell Courier.
 Fifty members of the Marsh family met in Hartford, Conn.,, the other day and the air was so damp that lots of people caught cold Burlington Free Press.
 No microbes have ever been found in to- bacco. They are probably afraid that devo- tion to the weed would injure their constitu- tion.-Pittsburg Chronicle.
 'tI heard ye was at garden party last night Dennis" 1T was, but ye've got the name wrong, me lad. It was a fate sham batter, an mighty sham one it was, too. ."- New York Journal.
 A New England man has just had a patent granted to him for " an electric switch" It is warranted to make the dirtiest small boy alive confess that he has been in swimming. Burlington Free Press.
 We are always reading about the man who was s'cool and collected" This is the more surprising when we remember that the man who attempts to collect generally has pretty hot work of it.-Boston Post
 At the concert-A pianist had been play ing monotonous piece for half an hour.
 '1t is not surprising" said sonieolfs,s !the is deaf and does not hear himself"
 s'Then make him sign that he has fn- ished. ."-Exchange.
 A Very Extraordinary Pupil.-"Ma, de fziology say yer dat de human body am i'm posed of free fourth watah."
 "Waal, yo' bettah mosey off to school, an git outen dat hot sun, UT fus ting yo' know yo be 'vaporatin'."- '."-Harper's Bazaar.
 An Iowa youth was holding his girl in his lap during thunder storm. The lightning struck and killed the youth, while the girl was left unharmed. We hope this will teach the young women that the safest place dur ing thunder storm is in fellows lap Lowell Citizen.
 If you want to put few dollars where they will do the most good, send a poor child into the country a few days, says an ex- change We have. We have sent two poor children and poor woman, and there is 8 poor man in prospect, from the size of the hotel bills.-Boston Bulletin.
 A machine has been invented that will 'ssew on three thousand buttons in one day." This is too much No man wants three thousand buttons sewed on a single garment he wears. The profusely buttoned dresses worn by the ladies year ago didn't contain over twenty-seven hundred buttons.-Nor- ristoWn Herald.
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MCINTYRE, MAGUIRE & co.
FIFTH "EEE< Special Mark Down Sale |!

Many opportunities offered this Special Sale that cannot any circumstances again Merchandise dollars been reduced The people will have bargains, and is full of them.
 Special Sale of Lace and Turcoman Curtains for this week If you desire bargain be on hand.
 Special Sale Blankets from 65c $ pair Ga pair single banket) You certainly ought to buy your blankets the advance depend will have to pay the fall This purchase made by was very one only patrons tu also to ourselves It offer equally good blankets from than could otherwise do had we waited until now had the effect of increasing sales beyond all previous records for July.
 Special Sale of Remnants in Silks Dress Goods lengths yard yards This chance to get bargain Special Sale of Parasos We wish it distinctly understood parasos will carried by you desire to get bargain Selling Sun Shades late in the season means tremendous reduction.
 Special sale of Notions, Soaps, Perfumes Pocketbooks Bags Hair Brushes Combs Toilet Articles Pencils etc. You ought look prices We rushing things Custom goods than Special sale of Domestic Wash Dress Goods, Cottons, Flannes, Linens, Towels &c Towels
  Slea Ito The Gents Linen H enough such inducements
 During the of will lose Fri I
 
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A Brave Girls Heroic Deed.


 We learn by a recent dispatch from Graf ton, this territory, that young society lady of that place named Miss Olive Sanborn is the heroine of a daring act It seems she was standing in front of the postofice, when suddenly runaway team hitched to buggy came dashing down the avenue at terrific rate. The moment Miss Sanborn saw them she leaped to the middle of the street at @ single bound, and to quote from the dis patch, "seized the maddened team by the bits" Planting her feet firmly on the ground, with her toes turned slightly out, she, in the words of the dispatch, "threw the team high in the air." As they came down she again seized them by the bridles, one in each hand, and swinging the heavy half-crazed beasts around at each side of her, like the arms of windmill, she brought them down on the ground at each revolution lone striking on it's side while the other was above her head in the air) with hollow thud like the sound of two pile drivers at work together, and striking alternately. Some five or ten minutes of this kind of treatment served to bring the frightened and infuriated animals to a halt and calmed them so much that they both lay flat on their backs gasp ing for breath. Miss Sanboon then stepped back to the postoffice and inquired for her mail in calm tone of voice and with 8 cap- tivating smile. Pieces of the wagon which broke loose when the young lady jerked the horses into the air the first time continued to fall for three quarters of an hour
Morning journal and courier., 1887-08-12
Friday, August 12, 1887.
TRE SOUTHERN COTTON MILLS.

The inquiry made by Bradstreet's concern ing the development of cotton manufactur- ing in the States south of the Potomac and the Ohio, and including Missouri, has brought to light some interesting and sig ni6cant facts. There are in the region in vestigated 164 concerns. Since the census of 1880 the capital has increased about per cent, the number of spindles 26 per cent, the number of looms 37 per cent, the num- Der of operatives 9 per cent. and the amount of wages paid 25 per cent. The annual consumption of cotton has increased about 31 per cent, and the production has in- creased about one third in weight. A con- siderable proportion of the products of the southern mills is marketed in the northern States. Twenty-three mills report that they sell their entire product in the North. Others sell from one-quarter to ninety-five per cent. in the North. Thirty-four sell principally in southern cities and sixteen sell goods for export, the amount exported during the past year having been fifteen per cent. of the whole southern product. The mills are inn proving their product and turning out finer yarns and cloths than formerly.
 It Woulu pc interesting to AuoW WAaG naS happened to cotton manufacturing in the North during the period covered by this in quiry. Probably it would be found that the northern mills have seriously felt the com petition. They will probably feel it more and more, for the mills in the South have the great advantage of being near the raw material. This means, in the case of some cotton goods, just the difference between profit and loss. It is acknowledged that the South can compete successfully with the North in the manufacture of common goods. The Springfield Union thinks the only way out for the Yankees is for them to turn their attention to competition with fine for eign goods. It correctly says that there is no reason why we cannot make the grades of goods that are now imported in such vast quantities.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-08-12
9r1y Goods.
SECOND WEEK, Howe & StGtSOl. Offer During the 2d Week in August
VOL. LV.

A new fresh line of White, Checked and Plaided Dress Lawns at 12Hc per yard, that are worth much more.
 Also new lines of large size Huck and Damask. Towels, knotted fringes, at 25c eacn, that are decided bargain
 40 dozen pure nen.bleached Napkins at ST per dozen worth $I.5o.
 so dozen extra quality 58 Napkins at $1.5o worth $1.89.
 50 all linen 8-4 Damask Cloths, red borders, at $I each, would be cheap at $I.25; also Doylies to match at 95c per dozen,
 Just received, a new line of ladies black fine Cotton Hose, at 2oc per pair, that are excel. lent value. Ladies black Lisle Hose, split feet, at 371ac per pair.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-08-12

hysteria is not infrequent, especially in places where ignorance and superstition fa- vor manifestations of nervous disorder. The worst excesses of popular outbreaks, like the French revolution, have been attributed to similar influences and with every appearance of iusfioa
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ECZEMA And Every Species of Itching and Burning Diseases Cured
 by Cuffcur8.

It affords me pleasure to give you this report Of the cure of our little grandchild by your CUTICURA REMEDIES. When six months old his left hand be- gan to swell and had every appearance Of a large boil. We poulticed it. but all to purpose. About five months after it became running sore: Soon other sores formed He then had two of them on each hand and as his blood became more and more impure it took less time for them to break out sore came the chin, beneath the under lip, which was very offensive. His head was solid scab, discharging great deal This was his condition at twenty two months old when undertook the care more than year old of consumption Qscrofula Of course). He could walk little, but could not get up if he fell down and could not move when in bed, having no use of his hands. I immediately com menced with the Cuticura Remedies, using the Cutcura and Cuticura Soap freely, ,and when he had taken one bottle of the Cutcura Resovent his head was completely cured and he was improved in every tnued the use of the Remedies for year and @ half. One sore after another healed, bonY matter forming in each of these five deep ones just be- fore healing which would finally grow loose and were taken out; then they would heal rapidly. One of these ugly bone formations I preserved. After ly cured, and is now, at the age of six years, a strong and healthy child. The scars on his hands must always remain; his hands are strong, though we once feared he would never be able to use them All that physicians did for him did him no good All who saw the child before using the Cuticura Reme- dies and see the child now consider it wonderful If the above facts are of any use to you you are at liberty to use them. MRS. E. S. DR1GGS.
 May 8, 1885. 612 E. Clay St.. Bloomington, III.
 The child was really in a worse condition than he every day, became accustomed to the disease.
 MAGGIE HOPPING.
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CENTS WEEK, 50 GENTS A MONTH, $3.O FOR SIX MONTHS, $6.00A YEAR. TEE SAME TERMS By MAIL.
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cu,fcura Reu,adtes

Are sold everywhere. Prices: Cuticura, 50 cents; Resolvent, $1; Soap, 25 cents Prepared by Potter Drug and Chemical Co.,, Boston, Mass.
 Send for sHow to Cure Skin Diseases R-@LING, Scaly, Pimply and Oily Skin V beautified by Cuticura Soap.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-08-12
Special Bargains on FridayS

From 8 to 12. On every coun- ter throughout the store there will be found a bargain that will be worth their attention.
 Please remember, on FRI DAYS ONLY, from 8 to 12, will these SPECIAL BAR GAINS BE FOUND; also that the store will be closed dur ing the Friday afternoons of August.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-08-12

Judge J. D. Walker of Florence, Arizona, says that the Pima Indians select several promising youths of their tribe from time to time for repositories of their traditions, and they are carefully instructed in the historical legends pertaining to their tribe, being re- quired to commit them faithfully to memo ". They in turn instruct their successors, and thus preserve the traditions in the exact language recited by their successors of many years ago. They have knowledge of the tribe that built the old Casa Grande and other vast buildings whose ruins now excite such curiosity.
 The Civil Service Reformer, the organ of the Boston association. says of Mir. Curtis' address and the resolutions adopted at New port: It will be noticed in reading them that the prevailing tone of both address and resolutions is one of disappointment and re- gret That there is ground for such feeling, and that the time has come when it should be expressed by the friends of reform, we think can be doubted by no one who is &C., quainted with the present situation. The administration is no longer at the parting of the ways. It has entered upon the road which leads back to partisan civil service. It is not necessary to revert to any discus sion of what was called ''evening up" the offices, nor to consider whether eevening up" was or was not justifable. We long ago made up our minds that when the "evening' should be accomplished we should learn by its next steps whether or not it was the pur- pose of the administration to turn over the whole unclassi6ed service to the Democrats, and that by its course at this juncture we could properly measure it's devotion to the principles of reform. The evidence, as pre- scented by MT. Curtis, appears to make it
 clear that, after two and ons-half years of Democratic control, more than two-thirds,
 probably three quarters, of the incumbents
 of federal offices have been changed; and the
 changes are still going on. In other words.
 we are having clean sweep after all--ac' l oomplished slowly, it is true, and with ar
Morning journal and courier., 1887-08-12

A Russian astronomer, who has recently visited the United States for the purpose of studying the heavenly bodies through the powerful magnifer at the new Lick ohserva- tory. not only "boldly asserts that the planet Mars is inhabited, but predicts that telescopic science will sometime enable us to signal our present unknown contemporaries in the Mar tia1 world.''
Morning journal and courier., 1887-08-12

Another Wall street bubble burst yester- day, and another Napoleon of finance" has come to grief. For man who was we'll known to be rascal Ives has had astonish- ing success. His career shows what "cheek" will do.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-08-12

We cannot accept anonymous or return rejected communications In all cases the name of the writer will be required not for publication, but guarantee of good faith
 SITUATIONS WANTED. one insertion soc; each subsequent insertion 25c
 WANTS, RENTS, and other small advertisements occupying not more than six lines, one insertion 75c each subsequent insertion 25c.
 One square lone inch) insertion, S1.20: each subsequent Insertion 40 cents; one week 320; one month, $1000.
 Obituary notices, in prose or verse, 15 cents per line. Notices of Births Marriages, Deaths and fl- nerals 25 cts. each. Local Notices 20 per line.
 Advertisements on second page one price and half.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to their own imme diate business Gall matter to be unobjectionable) and their contracts do not include Wants, To Let For Sale. etc.
 Special rates furnished on for contracts covering considerable length of time, @ large space.
 Yearly advertisements at the following rates: One square, one year, $40: two squares. year, $70; three squares, one year, $100.
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undoubted effort to make selections on the ground of fitness in majority of cases, but neverless clean partisan sweep.
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SPECIAL VALUE.

In order to give our employees a half holiday during the dog days" we shall close our store on all FRIDAYS in AUGUST at I2 noon.
 In order to induce our GUS toners and the public generally to make their Friday purchases in the forenoon we shall offer
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August Vacation
H0lIlDS

Ginger Ale S1 Per Dozen. WYE are enabled to offer this season first-class " and reliable Ginger Ale of Ut the aoe eelebrated rat parison solicited with any brand, foreign or do- nestle E E. HALL G SON,
 mY6 TO Chapel Street
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MUSICAL RECORD,

monthly costing but $1 per year, which dollar is amnIv reDaid to every music purchaser in the in formation conveyed, the good vocal and instrumen- tai music and well made reading columns Of this
 We mention as prominent music books to be
 JehOVah,s Praise ($1.00), fine Church Music Book hy Emerson.
 New spiritual Songs C3o cts.) by Pinney &
 GhiIdren,s Diadem (35 cts) new and very bright Sunday School Song Book.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-08-12
OH. MY BACK, BY BACK:

A Pain, Inflammation and Weakness of the % Kidneys, Hips and sides relieved in A& one minute by the Cuticura Anti ~M Pafn Plaster. New and infallible. At p druggists', 25c. Potter Drug and Chemical RWY Co.,. Boston
Morning journal and courier., 1887-08-12

Editor Murray (colored) of the St. Louis Advance thinks that as between the two leading candidates for the presidential nom ination on the Republican ticket the major ity of the colored race prefer Sherman.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-08-12

And now we hear that the brutal McDer- mott is weak-minded. A weak-minded man who has such strong temper and such strong body as he has should be put where he can hurt nobody when his mind happens to be weak enough to make him ferocious.
 The suit which has been begun in San Francisco to compel landlord to pay for the damages suffered by tenant by reason of the poor sanitary condition of a rented house will probably be decided in favor of the plaintiff, as there have already been sev- eral decisions of this sort. The more the better.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-08-12
Summer Songs, Autumn Melodies,
 Winter Anthems. Spring Carols,

Rv the thousand and hundred thousand are found on the shelves of our great music store. If not bursting into song they are at least fully weight day.
 It is in vain to give any idea of the wealth of our ments Persons wishing to select will please send for lists catalogues or gall at the Ditson stores music with Ditson & Co.'S imprint in any respect
 New music and books are faithfully and accu- rarely described in DitSon & Co.'S
Morning journal and courier., 1887-08-12

It is said that the Indian name Chautau- qua means "easy death, but the Burlington Free Press has been under the impression that it meant 'stalked to death"
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

It is now claimed that the telephone was invented in 1885.
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COMFORTING. EPPS'S COCOA.
BREAKFAST,

By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutl ties of welEselected Cocoa, MT. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with delicately favored bev- It is by the udicious of such articles of diet that
 constitution may be gradually builtup until dreds of subtIemaladies floating aroundEs ready to attack wherever there is weak point we may fortified with pure blood and properly nourlsneo frame ',-Civil Service Gazette c,S
 Made simply with boiling water or milk Sold only in half pound tins by Grocers iabeled thus:
 H3ot,,S 1An SEtf London. England.